Xen New VM

Find ISO SR UUID

xe sr-list

uuid ( RO) : XXXXXXXX-XXXXX-XXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXX
name-label ( RW): data01
host ( RO): <shared>
type ( RO): nfs
content-type ( RO): user

Find name of template

xe template-list

xe vm-install template="<template_name>" new-name-label=<name_for_vm> sr-uuid=<storage_repository_uuid>

Example

xe vm-install template="Ubuntu Bionic Beaver 18.04" new-name-label=test.myhypervisor.ca sr-uuid=<storage_repository_uuid>

Find UUID for VM

xe vm-list

uuid ( RO) : XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
name-label ( RW): test.myhypervisor.ca
power-state ( RO): halted

Find ISO UUID

xe cd-list

uuid ( RO) : XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
name-label ( RW): ubuntu-18.04.2-live-server-amd64.iso

Find network UUID

xe network-list bridge=xenbr0 --minimal

List virtual drive

xe vm-disk-list vm=<vm-uuid>

VDB is the ISO assigned on the VM, VDI is the virtual drive

Disk 0 VBD:
uuid ( RO) : XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXxx
vm-name-label ( RO): test.myhypervisor.ca
userdevice ( RW): 0

Disk 0 VDI:
uuid ( RO) : XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXxx
name-label ( RW): 0
sr-name-label ( RO): data01
virtual-size ( RO): 10737418240

Add ISO

xe vm-cd-add uuid=<vm-uuid> cd-name=ubuntu-18.04.2-live-server-amd64.iso device=1
xe vm-param-set HVM-boot-policy="BIOS order" uuid=<vm_uuid>

Add network on VM

xe vif-create vm-uuid=<vm_uuid> network-uuid=<network_uuid> device=0

Add VM RAM

xe vm-memory-limits-set uuid=<uuid of the valid VM> static-min=<nn>GiB/MiB dynamic-min=<nn>GiB/MiB dynamic-max=<nn>GiB/MiB static-max=<nn>GiB/MiB

Increase VDI

xe vdi-resize uuid=<vdi-uuid> disk-size=15GiB

Start VM

xe vm-start uuid=<vm-uuid>

Get id

list_domains | grep <vm-uuid>

3 | XXXXXXXXXXXXXX | B H

First number is the domid

xl console <dom-id>